So, I've been a Phillies and Eagles fan since I was a young kid and I moved to the city about a year ago and want to support the Flyers as well . I saw a thread recently in the Eagles subreddit from a new fan trying to learn essential info so i figured I'd try something similar here. At this point my only knowledge comes from reading the basic rules of hockey and the wikipedia page on the team. What else should i know to appreciate the upcoming season as a new fan? I know nothing can substitute for years of following the team but any info would be much appreciated.

They'res a lot that I could have written and wanted to write but left out. You say that now, but if you had read the version I was planning on writing you would have liked it even better. The parts that are uncertain would have been portrayed uncertainly, it's not an issue of how far in the rearview the events are. I glossed over important things that deserved more detail, and there were seeds I planted early in the piece that I never came back to like I planned.

For example this sentence is in the "Rise of the Broad Street Bullies" section:

They played soft ball games for charity, setting a precedent of philanthropy that has remained ever since.

At the end where I mention the jerseys being the same and everything I was also going to come back to philanthropy and write about HartnellDown and the Flyers' wives carnival. That last paragraph was supposed to string together all of the tradition I touched on into one coherent bang of a final sentence, but I never got back to those little things. I'm extremely disappointed with myself.

This. Afterwards ask us to elaborate on Mike Richards & Jeff Carter an the current team.

This was a post that did us justice, but I felt it didn't really explain why the Mike Richards trade rocked us. I fucking CRIED. It was one of the most emotional things.

And The current team and how we managed to fall out of playoff contention should be explained more as well. But this dude knows his stuff and really explained how we came to be better than anyone else could have done.

The leafs got in on amazing goaltending. Without Reimer, that team would be in the basement again. I don't expect them to do much better this season. The Isles however are playing very well. They might not make the playoffs this year, but their days in the basement are over.

The only place worse that Pittsburgh is PSU University Park. Id say about 95% of the pens fans there were just complete assholes including my room mate of my freshmen year. They just treat everyone else like shit, and not even just flyers fans. It seems like they literally went out of their way to talk shit about another team rather than talk about their own team.

Well you're an eagles fan, so you already understand the philadelphia sports fan brand of comradefie, so that's a huge point in your favor. Just watch the games and shows like the orange line and realize the players are really neat people. If you can, i'd recomend going to the flyers carnival this year